There's only one good and safe method.

Self clean, steam clean, or manual clean? Educate yourself about the benefits and drawbacks of each feature before selecting your new appliance. Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living.

Remember the holidays? Maybe you did lots of baking and roasting, perhaps even a turkey or two. Now raise your hand if you’ve cleaned your oven since then. Or since LAST Thanksgiving, for that matter.

It’s not as tricky as you think!

In the aftermath of the holidays, your oven might not be a pretty sight. A roasted turkey probably splattered grease all over the interior of your oven. Your dishes could have dripped cheese, which is ...

Cleaning your oven the old-fashioned way is often more reliable than relying on the self-cleaning feature. Self-cleaning ovens use extreme heat to burn food residue into ash, but the process can ...